Sourced Foods, Inc. v. Adesa International, LLC

I.

BACKGROUND

On August 22, 2024, plaintiff Sourced Foods, Inc. (“Plaintiff”) filed a Complaint against defendant Adesa International, LLC (“Defendant”), asserting diversity jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332. ECF Docket No. (“Dkt.”) 3, Compl.

On August 29, 2024, the Court issued an Order to Show Cause (“OSC”) why this action should not be remanded for lack of subject matter jurisdiction on the ground Plaintiff failed to establish complete diversity of citizenship. Dkt. 11. The Court ordered Plaintiff to file a response to the OSC no later than September 5, 2024. Id. at 2.

To date, Plaintiff has not filed a response to the Court’s August 29, 2024 OSC.

II.

DISCUSSION

Federal courts are courts of “limited jurisdiction” which “possess only that power authorized by Constitution and statute[.]” Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994). Thus, a federal court has “an independent obligation to determine whether subject-matter jurisdiction exists,” and may raise the issue “on its own initiative, at any stage in the litigation[.]” Arbaugh v. Y&H Corp., 546 U.S. 500, 506, 514 (2006). The party asserting federal jurisdiction bears the burden of…